05/14/2003 Archived Entry: "Someone's actually reading"
Blog, blog, blog. I've just been informed in e-mail that there is at least one person who reads this silly thing, so I suppose I had better go about updating it or something.
The Mustang has been sold to Carmax, and I am now in my brother's silver 1998 Accord. It's nice and all, but I do miss those extra four cylinders. However, as a sort of consolation prize, the Accord has a pair of twelve inch kickers in the trunk in some kind of enclosure-box thingy. I couldn't quote you any specifications about the amps or the gigs or whatever, but I can tell you that the stereo is actually capable of moving the car in lieu of the engine. When I crank the music up, every hair on my body vibrates with the music. At certain frequencies of bass, it's impossible to speak because the air vibrates on the same frequency as your voice, or something. It's pretty cool. I could probably induce a heart attack if a weak-chested individual were to sit in the back seat.
I got another 80GB drive a few weeks back, bringing my total HDD space up to 160GB, and my crap has immediately ballooned to fill most of the available space. Pathetic, but true. One hundred and sixty gigabytes in a home computer is a terrifying number--even two years ago, I would not have been able to conceive of having so much space. Turning the wheel a bit further back, I remember when I was in eleventh grade and I got "Wing Commander III", which came on four CDs, and I was totally blown away that I was able to hold almost THREE GIGABYTES of data in my hand.
Ha. Three gigabytes is nothing. I have .ini files bigger than that!
Lately, I have been overtaken with an obsession for Strongbad & Pals. I can occasionally be heard walking down the hallways at work singing the Trogdor song. Fortunately, my wife shares this obsession, so we can throw strange quotes at each other and then break up into fits of uncontrollable laughter.
Oh, speaking of my brother--even though that was like four paragraphs ago--he managed to call home last week with a status update, and he was even able to tell us where he is! His group (101st Airborne, 2nd Batallion) is currently hanging out in Mosul. They'd participated in several combat operations involving the taking of a series of bridges to the south of Bagdhad, although he said that he has not had to kill anyone or even fire his weapon at a person, which is comforting. I had been worried about what might have happened to him if he had actually had to harm or kill anyone, but it looks as if he might get out without having to do so. That's good. My mother was understandably relieved.
Speaking of my mother, I took my mommy out for sushi yesterday, and much fun was had by all. She and my father are working like crazy on the house, which is now on the market to be sold because my dad has a new job in Phoenix. They've already bought a new house out there and they'll probably be moving in October or so. They've lived in Houston for longer than I've been alive, so it's a sad thing, but you gotta go where your job takes you.
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